cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down17cross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.worksshitposting@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1456arrow-down1imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.worksshitposting@lemmy.ml
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoI think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties. Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·22 hours agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoThis seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.
What sadist put an S in lisp?
Wait, I thought it’s a th?
I think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties.
Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
Same person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
And who spelt dyslexia like that
List Processing, ya know?
This seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.